1. Comparing the Colonies
How were the three colonial regions alike and different?

2. 7.1 Introduction More colonies in North America 1707 Great Britain
Along the Atlantic coast
1707 Great Britain
England + Wales + Scotland
Mid-1700s Great Britain had 13 colonies
3 regions
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

3. 7.1 Introduction Geographic Features Economies Government
Landforms, natural resources, and climate
Economies
Based on local products and services
Government
Levels of democracy
Looking at Reason for Founding, Geography, Economy, Government

4. 7.2 The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonial Regions
Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Reasons for Founding
Religion
Geography
Rocky soil, dense forests, natural harbors
Economy
Small farms, lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, trade
Government
More democratic than most countries in Europe
Voting-puritan men> men who owned land

5. 7.2 The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonial Regions
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Reason for Founding
Various Europeans were attracted to the strong economy
Geography
Rich soil
Economy
Farming and selling livestock and crops
Government
Various governmental forms

6. 7.2 The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonial Regions
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Reason for Founding
Rich Britains came to farm cash crops
Geography
Rich soil, good farming climate
Economy
Cash crops
Government
Governor, rich men, Britain’s king

7. 7.3 Massachusetts Bay: New England Colony
Puritans wanted to leave the Church of England
Pilgrims 1620
John Winthrop led another group to Massachusetts 1630
Practice religion freely
Rocky soil and harsh winters
Dense forests and clean water
Winter cold killed insects and germs

8. 7.3 Massachusetts Bay: New England Colony
Industries
Small farms (animals and crops)
Lumber (houses and ships)
Fishing and whaling
Democratic Government
Over time voting went from only Puritan men to mean who owned land
Town meetings for local problems
Majority rule
Settlers elected representatives
John Winthrop governor 12 times from

9. 7.4 Rhode Island: Middle Colony
Founded on religious freedom
1631 Roger Williams (minister) criticized leadership in Massachusetts Bay
Separate church and state
Forced to leave colony
Spent winter with American Indians
Started a town, Providence
Beginning of Rhode Island
Welcoming different religious beliefs

10. 7.4 Rhode Island: Middle Colony
Anne Hutchinson
Spoke against Puritan beliefs in Mass. Bay
Put on trial
Forced to leave
Moved to Rhode Island
Geography
Rivers allowed for fishing, trading and travel
Trapped and traded animal furs
Forests for timber
South held rich soil

11. 7.4 Rhode Island: Middle Colony
Economy
Farms raised livestock, grew apples, corn, onions, flax
Traded wool, rum, flax to England and West Indies
Rich from slave trade
Few in Rhode Island owned slaves
Most democratic colony
Most men could vote
Over time only men owning land
Religion did not matter

12. 7.5 New York: Middle Colony
Originally settled by people from the Netherlands (Holland)
Dutch came for fur-trading
British wanted the land to expand westward
1664 British took over the colony
England’s king gave it to the Duke of York
Good place to settle
Harbor, rivers, valleys, iron
Cold winters, humid summers
Long growing season

13. 7.5 New York: Middle Colony
Economy
Good jobs in various industries
Farmers, miners, lumbermen, sailors, trappers, merchants
Slaves and indentured servants
Government
Colonists had little power
Governors elected by Britain’s king
Governor appointed other officials

14. 7.6 Pennsylvania: Middle Colony
William Penn was given land in North America
Quakers were able to live here freely
All religious beliefs were welcome
Native Americans were also treated respectfully
slavery
Geography
Delaware River Valley = farming
Rivers allowed for transportation
Forests, coal, iron, copper
Winters were cold

15. 7.6 Pennsylvania: Middle Colony
Economy
Jobs in various industries
Various farmers
Merchants, miners, lumbermen
Government
Penn appointed governor
King approved
General Assembly
Men who owned land voted for members of Assembly
Assembly eventually gained power to write laws

16. 7.7 Maryland: Southern Colony
Cecilius Calvert (aka Lord Baltimore)
English nobleman
Started Maryland in 1634
Wanted to make money and safe place for Catholics
Geography
Good for planting and selling tobacco
Chesapeake Bay trade route
Mosquitoes spread diseases

17. 7.7 Maryland: Southern Colony
Economy
Most worked on small farms
Crop or meat
Lumbering, shipping, fishing, slave trading
Plantations
Government
Colonists had little power
Leonard Calvert made governor
Eventually created an Assembly
White men with land
Passed laws to protect Catholics

18. 7.8 Georgia: Southern Colony
Reason for Founding
British wanted to keep Spanish from moving North
Wealthy wanted to keep poor out of prison
Send debtors to Georgia
Geography
Ideal for growing crops
Farming was a key industry
Winters were mild, summers hot & humid
Grew indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton
South was swamp

19. 7.8 Georgia: Southern Colony
Economy
Farming
Lumbermen in north
Trading with Native Americans
Government
Started with only rich men who started the colony
Created laws
Did not allow slavery
Gave control to Britian’s king
White male voters elected an assembly
King could overturn any law
New laws made slavery legal